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Risk Factors for Breast Cancer
In 1940, the lifetime risk of a woman developing breast cancer was 5%, or one in 20. If a family member had ovarian cancer under age 50, your risk ...
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HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
You might get it before surgery to shrink the tumor, after surgery to kill remaining cancer cells, as treatment for cancer that has spread, or comb...
Read moreHow Do I Know If I Have Metastatic Breast Cancer?
If your breast cancer spreads to other parts of your body, doctors will call it “metastatic.” ('Metastasize' means to spread.) It tends to go to th...
Read moreBreast Cancer and Genetic Testing
Women who inherit the mutated BRCA1 gene have a 55% to 65% risk of breast cancer by age 70. People who have a mutated BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene have a hi...
Read moreBreast Lumps: Causes and When to Call a Doctor
You notice that something is different with your breast, and you find a lump. You could get lumps in both breasts that increase in size and tendern...
Read moreBreast Reconstruction
If you’ve had a mastectomy because of breast cancer, you may choose to have reconstructive plastic surgery. Restoring a breast isn’t considered a c...
Read moreBreast Cancer Treatment
Breast cancer treatments are getting better all the time, and people have many more options today than ever. This refers to practices that aren’t p...
Read moreBreast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis
A mammogram is an X- ray of the breast. Screening mammograms are those that are looking at your breasts when you don’t have a specific lump or othe...
Read moreBreast Cancer and Pregnancy
It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes mothers-to-be have breast cancer. Ending a pregnancy won’t improve a woman's chances of beating breast cance...
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